If I were to get pregnant, I would know just where to go for help: the local offices of Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), the federally funded food and nutrition program; Planned Parenthood; and the ...

Thousands of people enrolled in short-term, job-focused programs will soon be able to use federal grants to pay tuition, which could reshape how low-income students access higher education and the ...

The national nonprofit Bottom Line walks low-income and aspiring first-generation college students through the college ...

The Trump administration is proposing the biggest cuts in a half-century to federal financial aid by reducing Pell Grant award amounts for low-income college students, plus the government’s ...

A non-profit started by a local woman is helping low-income students get the help they need so they can receive that acceptance letter.

Mission High School graduating senior Mariana Aguilar, the daughter of working-class Colombian immigrants, had always wanted to make her parents proud by becoming one of the first in their family to ...

Nearly 4.5 million low-income college students would lose some or all of their federal financial aid if Republicans in the House get their way. That’s according to an analysis from the left-leaning ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. A recent study by the National College Attainment Network found that a majority of two- and four-year ...

MILWAUKEE — In a city where an estimated 15% of high school graduates earn a postsecondary degree within six years, a new grant aims to change the trajectory for hundreds of students. All-In Milwaukee ...

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